Birds sang sweetly in the nearby branches.
Meaning: The sentence describes birds producing pleasant musical sounds in the tree branches that were close by.
Choice of Words: Birds are small, warm-blooded animals that can fly. Sang means to produce musical sounds with the voice. Sweetly means in a pleasant and pleasing way. Nearby means close to the speaker or to something else. Branches are the parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk.
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